Hair-bobbing gauge



'May 12, 1925. 1537,73?.v

- J. H. OLSON HAIR BOBBING GAUGE l Filed May e, 1924 2 sheets-sheet 1 mzw u May 12, 1925.

J. H. OLSON HAIR BOBBING GAUGE Filed May e, 1924 2 sheets-Sheet 2`Patented May 1,2, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOHN H. `OLSON, or aan WING,v MINNESOTA.

Harn-Bonnema GAUGE.

Application me@ Mays, lage. serial' No. 711,415.

T0 all 107mm it may concern.'

Be it known that JOHN H. OLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Red Wing, in the county of Goodhue'and State of Minnesota, hasinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Bobbing Gauges, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvementsk in hair-bobbinggauges.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a gauge of thischaracter which acts as a guide for the shears or other instrumentsemployed and thus greatly facilitates and renders more accurate theoperation of bobbing the hair.

A further object of my invention is to provide a. gauge of the characterspecified which may be easily and readily fitted to any head. l

A still further object of my invention is to provide a hair-bobbinggauge which may be adjusted to regulate the cutting of the hair to anydesired length and vin which the bottom band may be adjustedcircumferentially or vertically or tilted at an inclination tofacilitate the operation of` cutting the hair longer in the back asdesired by many people who curl their hair.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a device of thecharacter speci- Y fied which is simple and economical in constructionand highly efficient in operation.

y With the foregoing and other objects in view that will appear as thenature of my invention is better understood. the same consists in thenovel features of construction1 combination and arrangement of partsillus trated in the drawings and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are for illustrative purposes onlyand are therefore not drawn to scale,

Figure 1 is a side elevation, illustrating the application of myinvention.

Figure 2 is a back view.

Figure 3 is a plan view.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1, the bottom band tilted down orlowered to facilitate the cutting of the hair longer in the back.

Referring to the drawings fora more particular description of myinvention, and in which drawings like parts are designated by likereference characters throughout the several views, A designates thebottom band and'B and C the upright,` side and back supporting straps,respectively.` The bottom band A is made in two corresponding sections 1and 2, whoseback overlapping 60 ends 3 are provided with longitudinalregn istering slots 4to receive the shank 5 ofthe adjusting screw 6. Theshank of this screw also extends through acorresponding` transverseopening in the lower end of the upright back supporting strap C forthreaded engagement with a wing nut 8 which is tightened up to hold theoverlapping ends ofthe bottom band sections in adjusted po sition. Awasher 9 may also be employed 70 between the head 10 of the screw 6 andthe inner' face of section 2 of the bottom band, the purpose of whichwill be apparent. The bottom sections 1 and 2 are pivotally con-V nectedintermediate their ends but nearer their front ends, as at 11 to thelower ends of the side supporting straps B which permits the bottom bandto be tiltedy down to facilitate the operation of cutting the hairlonger at the .back as desired by many peon 80 ple who curl their hair.

Theupper overlapping ends 12 of the side supporting bands are formedwith longitudinally disposed registering slots 13 and may be held inadjusted `position by the B5 screw andwing nut 14 The shank of screw 14a longitudinal slot 16 formed in the upper front end of the backsupporting strap C andthe cuts works against the outer face of saidstrap.' Hence, when' the nut 15 is tightcned up, the upper end of theback strap as well as the upper overlapping ends of the side straps areheld in adjusted position. A washer 17 may be employed between the 95head 18 of the screw 14 and the inner face of one of the side supportingstraps if desired. y The side and back supporting straps as well asV thebottom band are preferably formedy of thin, flat, resilient metal stripsand owing to thisl fact and the adjustable connections illustrated anddescribed, the device may be easily and readily fitted to any headpreparatory to the hair-bobbing operation; also the bottom band mayberaised yor lowered to' regulate the length of the hair or the bottomband tilted down to facilitate the operation of cutting the hair longerat the back than vat the front, as illus# trated in Figure 4 of thedrawings.4

In practice the lower' edge of the bottom and. 15 respectively. alsoextends through band acts as a guide to the barber in cutting the hairevenly.

The upper' edges of the overlapping back ends of the bottom band aregraduated as at 19; also the front edges of' the upper overlapping endsof the side supporting straps graduated as at 20 and yone edge oi theupper end of the back supporting strap graduated as at 21 to facilitatetlie'even adjustinentoi tlie device in fitting; tlie saine to tlievliead preparatory'to tlie liai'rbobbing operation F-'roin the foregoingdescription taken-vin connection Witlrtlie drawings, it is thought thattl'ie construction,y operation and advantages of-iny invention will bereadily understood Witliout requiring a incre extended explanation.

Having described my invention( whaty I,

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-,ris: u

A liai'r bobbing gauge coinprising a bottom band, side land backsupporting straps for said bettoin band and means for adjusting thelatter vertically or circuini'er# enti'a-l'ly or tilting the saineeither up or down in a Vertical plane.

adjusting bottoni band -eircun1ferentially Verticallyfor at aninclination with a horizontal` plane. v v 1 v ln` testimony whereof lieafiixes lusv signature.

JOHN H. oLsofN.

